The Hermantown Hawks relied on the scoring touch of Bo Gronseth, who netted two goals, to beat the Cloquet Esko Carlton Lumberjacks, 4-1.

Gronseth's tallies came on the power play at 2:53 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Hermantown and 16:40 into the third to make the score 4-1 Hermantown.

Hermantown's offense operated below it season average. The Hawks average 6.8 goals per game. Hermantown's offense rang up 37 shots on Cloquet Esko Carlton's net.

Hermantown also got a goal from Joe Muehlbauer as well. More assists for Hermantown came via Chris Benson, who had two and Jake Zeleznikar and Travis Koepke, who each chipped in one.

The Lumberjacks could not produce up to they normal offensive output. Cloquet Esko Carlton puts an average of 5.3 pucks into the net per game. The 25 shots that the Lumberjacks put on net surpassed Cloquet Esko Carlton's average of 1.6 shot per game this season.

The Lumberjacks were led by Beau Michaud, who scored the team's only goal. Michaud scored 8:27 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Cloquet Esko Carlton. James Newgren assisted on the tally.

Adam Smith rejected 24 shots on goal for the Hawks. Hermantown incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Zack Strom recorded 33 saves for Cloquet Esko Carlton. The Lumberjacks incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors.